diff --git a/numpy/core/numeric.py b/numpy/core/numeric.py
index 22afbc809..30d9bfdb6 100644
--- a/numpy/core/numeric.py
+++ b/numpy/core/numeric.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 if sys.platform == 'cli':
     __all__.remove('compare_chararrays')
     for n in ['int_asbuffer', 'set_numeric_ops', 'can_cast', 'bitwise_not']:
-        print "numeric.py: Temporarily filtering symbol '%s'" % n
+        #print "numeric.py: Temporarily filtering symbol '%s'" % n
         __all__.remove(n)